Caulfield railway station

Caulfield
PTV commuter and regional rail station
South-east bound view from Platform 4, August 2025
General information
Location1 Sir John Monash Drive[1]
Caulfield East, Victoria 3145
City of Glen Eira
Australia
Coordinates37°52′38″S 145°02′32″E / 37.8773°S 145.0423°E / -37.8773; 145.0423
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
  • Cranbourne Pakenham
  • Frankston
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Distance11.79 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks4
Train operators
Connections
  • Metropolitan tram Tram
  • List of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking130 spaces
Bicycle facilities26 protected racks plus more unprotected
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeCFD
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened7 May 1879 (1879-05-07)
Rebuilt1914
Electrified5 March 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)[2]
Passengers
Passengers (2017–2018)4,708,018[3]
Passengers (2018–2019)4,175,031[3] Decrease 11.32%
Passengers (2019–2020)2,853,200[3] Decrease 31.66%
Passengers (2020–2021)1,370,650[3] Decrease 51.96%
Passengers (2021–2022)1,874,050[4] Increase 36.72%
Passengers (2022–2023)2,668,350[5] Increase 42.38%
Passengers (2023–2024)2,909,850[6] Increase 9.05%
Passengers (2024–2025)3,205,100[7] Increase 10.15%
Services
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Official nameCaulfield Railway Station Complex
CriteriaA, B, C, D, E
Designated20 August 1982
Reference no.H1665[1]
Track layout
to Malvern
1
2
4
3
to Glen Huntly
to Carnegie

Caulfield is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the suburb Caulfield, on the Pakenham, Frankston and Cranbourne railway lines. At this station the Frankston line splits from the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines.

Caulfield is a Premium Station. The station is between Sir John Monash Drive (formerly Railway Avenue) and Normanby Road. The tram route 3 and some bus routes stop here. The Caulfield campus of Monash University and Caulfield Racecourse are close to the station.

Monash University at Caulfield

Myki ticket machines are found inside the waiting room and on the platforms. This machine is able to recharge myki cards with money and sell new cards, and it accepts notes and coins.

History

Caulfield station was opened on Wednesday, 7 May 1879.[8] The current station was built from 1913 to 1914. The new station provides new and improved facilities for a growing station. The station is the same since 1914. Only upgrades are done once in a while.

Disaster

On 26 May 1926, the 6:02 pm train going to Oakleigh crashed into the back of a not-moving train to Carrum. The disaster was at Platform 4 in the station. Three people died. 170 people were hurt.[9][10]

Metro Tunnel

Before the Metro Tunnel project was completed, Caulfield station saw big upgrades to the station and platforms.[11] The upgrades made Caulfield station into an interchange station. However, news outlets want more upgrades to the station, like setting up lifts and building a new concourse to reduce big crowds.[12]

Platforms

The station has four platforms. Two platforms make an island platform in the middle of the station. Platforms 1 and 4 have large red brick buildings. Platforms 2 and 3 (the island platforms) contain a bigger red brick building which has a waiting room and a ticket office.

Outbound V/Line (country trains) services leave from Platform 4. Country trains from beyond Pakenham drop off people on Platform 3.

A subway is located underneath the station. This allows people to get from the side platforms (1 and 4) to the island platform. It also has a take away food shop.

Metro trains

Caulfield platform arrangement
Platform Line Where to? Using Stopping pattern Source
1  Frankston line  Flinders Street City Loop All stations and express (skip-stop) trains. [13]
2  Frankston line  Cheltenham, Frankston All stations and express trains. [13]
3  Cranbourne line 
 Pakenham line 		 West Footscray, Watergardens, Sunbury Metro Tunnel Only express trains stop here because the trains don't stop at Armadale, Toorak and Hawksburn. [14][15]
4  Cranbourne line 
 Pakenham line 		 Westall, Dandenong, East Pakenham, Cranbourne All stations and express trains. [14][15]

V/Line

Caulfield platform arrangement
Platform Line Where to? Using Source
3 <span style="background-color:#Lua error: expandTemplate: template "V/Line color" does not exist.; border:0.1em solid #Lua error: expandTemplate: template "V/Line color" does not exist.;"> Gippsland line  Southern Cross Flinders Street. Passengers from stations before Pakenham can get off here, but passengers from Caulfield cannot get on board here. Also, people staying on the V/Line train will go to Richmond, Flinders Street then Southern Cross. [16][17]
4 <span style="background-color:#Lua error: expandTemplate: template "V/Line color" does not exist.; border:0.1em solid #Lua error: expandTemplate: template "V/Line color" does not exist.;"> Gippsland line  Traralgon, Bairnsdale You can only get on if you are going to V/Line stations outside Pakenham.

References

  1. 1 2 "Caulfield Railway Station Complex". Victorian Heritage Database. Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Caulfield Electrification: Traffic Alterations To-morrow". The Argus. 4 March 1922. p. 21. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  4. ↑ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  5. ↑ "Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) - 2022-2023".
  6. ↑ "Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) - 2023-2024".
  7. ↑ "Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) - 2024-2025".
  8. ↑ "VICSIG". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  9. ↑ "Electric Train Accident: Sensation at Caulfield". The Argus. 1926-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-07 – via Trove.
  10. ↑ "Remembering the 1926 Caulfield Disaster". Public Record Office Victoria. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  11. ↑ "Victoria's Big Build Continues To Back Our Recovery". Premier of Victoria. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  12. ↑ Jacks, Timna (2021-02-08). "'Time is running out': Calls to upgrade Caulfield Station before Metro Tunnel opens". The Age. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  13. 1 2 "Frankston Line". Transport Victoria. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
  14. 1 2 "Cranbourne Line". Transport Victoria. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
  15. 1 2 "Pakenham Line". Transport Victoria. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
  16. ↑ "Traralgon Line timetable". V/Line. Retrieved 22 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ "Bairnsdale Line timetable". V/Line. Retrieved 22 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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